Arthur Perowne
Arthur William Thomson Perowne (13 June 1867 – 9 April 1948) was an Anglican bishop in Britain. He was the first Bishop of Bradford and, from 1931, was the Bishop of Worcester.[1]
Birth family and education
Perowne was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: he was the fourth son of John Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester and Anna Woolrych,[1] his uncles Thomas and Edward were Archdeacon of Norwich and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge respectively and his first-cousin Thomas also Archdeacon of Norwich. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and King's College, Cambridge (he was admitted 4 October 1886, matriculated that Michaelmas, and gained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts {BA, 1889}, Cambridge Master of Arts {MA(Cantab), 1893}, and Doctor of Divinity {DD, 1920}).[2][3]
Priest
Having been assistant master at Magdalen College Choir School, Oxford since 1890, Perowne was ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (28 May) 1893[4] and a priest on Trinity Sunday (20 May) 1894 (both times by his father, the Bishop of Worcester, in Worcester Cathedral),[5] beginning his ministry with his title post as a curate at Hartlebury, Worcestershire[6] (being also a chaplain to his father, the Bishop).[1] His first incumbency was as Vicar of St Philip & St James, Hallow, Worcestershire (1901–1904),[2] after which he became Vicar of St George's Edgbaston, Warwickshire from 1904, Rural Dean of Edgbaston[7] from 1905 and an honorary canon of Birmingham Cathedral from 1912.
In 1913, he left all three posts in Warks for Devon, where he became Vicar of St Andrew's, Plymouth; he became additionally Rural Dean for the Three Towns (i.e. the wider Borough of Plymouth), 1914–1918, a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1917, Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1918, and a Chaplain to the King from 1918, remaining as Vicar of Plymouth throughout, until he relinquished them all in 1920.[2]
Bishop
His appointment to become Bishop of Bradford, the first bishop diocesan of the new Diocese of Bradford, was announced on 12 December 1919,[8] and he was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York, at York Minster on Candlemas (2 February) 1910.[9] He was translated to become Bishop of Worcester (in which See his father had served until 1901) in 1931[10] and retired in 1941.[2]
Marriages, family and death
In 1895, he married Helena Frances Oldnall-Russell (1869–1922). They had three sons:[2] Francis Edward Perowne (1898–1988), Stewart Perowne, a diplomat, archaeologist and historian, and Leslie Arthur Perowne (1906–1997), sometime Head of Music at the BBC, who was responsible for bringing Albert Ketèlbey out of retirement to conduct a huge BBC Ketèlbey Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, prior to World War II.
A keen fisherman,[1] he lived retirement in Gloucester (where he died) with his second wife, Mabel (1886–1968), the second daughter of Thomas Henry Bailey of Wyldcroft in Wokingham, whom he had married in 1926.[2]
Family tree
References
- ^ a b c d Perowne. "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black.
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- ^ University Intelligence. Oxford. Feb. 4. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times, Monday 6 February 1893; p. 8; Issue 33867; col. D
- ^ "Ordinations on Trinity Sunday". Church Times. No. 1585. 9 June 1893. p. 619. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1635. 25 May 1894. p. 565. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
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- ^ "St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 – 1998 Harkness, J. C./Pinkess, J. R. H.: Birmingham, St George's Edgbaston PCC, July 1998
- ^ "First Bishop of Bradford: Appointment of the Archdeacon of Plymouth". Church Times. No. 2968. 12 December 1919. p. 567. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "The See of Bradford: Consecration of the First Bishop". Church Times. No. 2976. 6 February 1920. p. 146. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "New Bishop of Worcester", The Times, 9 February 1931, p. 12